JEAN (2 volume set, complete)
Boston / London / Paris: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1903. Limited edition. Cloth. Limited to 1000 copies, this being #973. 2 volume set, complete. A Very Good + set 8vo, approximately 250 pages per volume. Illustrated with b&w engraved plates. Bound in dark green cloth with titles on the spines in gilt. t.e.g. Spines lightly sunned. Light shelf wear. Blank end paper facing the paste downs just starting to tone. Very Good +. Item #35575
Charles Paul de Kock (1793-1870) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste. In 2021 Brad Bigelow wrote: "Today, if we set aside over-priced print on demand reprints of his ancient editions, the works of Paul de Kock haven't seen a new English edition (or translation) in at least a century."
De Kock's father, a prominent Dutch Banker, was a victim of the French Reign of Terror. Most of his books were novels, written with Paris, and Paris's nightlife as a backdrop.
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